Kuusamo Safaris Day Tours
Kuusamo Safaris Day Tours
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Camellia P
60 contributions
Jan 2024 • Family
We had the most amazing experience with Kuusamo Safaris, we booked the snow mobile and husky sleigh ride, can’t recommend this company enough! Our guide was superb, we were supplied with all the gear and we made our way to the huskeys on snow mobiles, we then saw the husky puppies and went and played with them and then went on a huskey sleigh ride. Afterwards we went into the cafe and got chocolate and cakes before making our way back. What an experience with some lovely people, really well organised and great value for money! Outstanding and some magical memories made, thank you!
Written 31 January 2024
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Kate London
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Feb 2022 • Family
organised 2 safaris through Kuusamo safaris and both were excellent. Milkka offers by far the best customer service of the Ruka operators I enquired with allowing a more tailored experience. Good for English speakers . We did one shorter reindeer safari on the first day and then a longer trip via a husky farm and ice fishing. Both excellent. Good value too. Short walk out of town.
Written 19 February 2022
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MatkaMaiju
Tuusula, Finland47 contributions
Feb 2022
We joined "Combined Snowmobile and Reindeer safari" which takes place every day at 10 am. Beautiful route through the snowy forests and over the vast lakes took us to a friendly reindeer farm. Reindeer sledge ride was really a very short taster ride, but we also fed the reindeer and heard the stories of the reindeer farming. Hot drinks and delicious pulla / doughnuts were served in the cosy cafe. The whole trip took about 2,5 hours. It was good fun to ride a snowmobile for the first time! Highly recommended!
Written 28 February 2022
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Turska1
57 contributions
Aug 2021 • Couples
We booked a kayak tour for the next day via online booking service, starting at 10 according to the web page. However, we did not get email confirmation about the reservation, so we decided to call there before leaving our cottage (40 min drive from the location). Luckily we did call!! They told us on the phone that during that day, there were no tours available at all. There was no information about that online. Wtf, why to have an online booking if it's not valid?? Luckily we found another place and had a successful kayak tour, at Northern lights expedition, we recommend that.
Written 19 August 2021
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Kay K
Amsterdam, The Netherlands60 contributions
Dec 2022 • Friends
We booked the Ritakorpi tour on the snow scooter for 2 persons. We had the luck that we were the only clients that day, so we had a private tour with Miika. He was very nice and friendly and we had a perfect tour thanks to him. The tour drove through beautiful sites. It was one of our favorite tours ever!
Written 2 January 2023
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Tommy
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates23 contributions
Jan 2022 • Couples
We did a 3 hours snowmobile safari with Kuusamo Safari.
We contacted them on a short notice to book the trip, and they replied soon and accommodated our request.
Their office is nice, cosy, their staff were very helpful and friendly.
They have all the equipment for the tour, boots, overall, gloves, helmets.
Our guide, Hary was super friendly. Since we were first time snowmobiler, we got a thorough briefing how to drive it and what the basic rules are.
The landscape we drove through was simply W O W! Amazing Lapland winter scenery.
We did a few stops along the tour for photos, and our guide was constantly checking if we are ok.
After the drive we were invited for a coffee, biscuits, and we grilled sausage on the fire.
I do recommend this company for any activity.
We contacted them on a short notice to book the trip, and they replied soon and accommodated our request.
Their office is nice, cosy, their staff were very helpful and friendly.
They have all the equipment for the tour, boots, overall, gloves, helmets.
Our guide, Hary was super friendly. Since we were first time snowmobiler, we got a thorough briefing how to drive it and what the basic rules are.
The landscape we drove through was simply W O W! Amazing Lapland winter scenery.
We did a few stops along the tour for photos, and our guide was constantly checking if we are ok.
After the drive we were invited for a coffee, biscuits, and we grilled sausage on the fire.
I do recommend this company for any activity.
Written 11 January 2022
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withington
Bora Bora, French Polynesia75 contributions
Feb 2015 • Friends
We have found this company online. No point guys to buy whole package from an travel company as it is always rip off.Buy locally,for example through the Crystal you will pay for snowmobile/husky safaris 135 EURO per person for the same service while we paid just 90 EURO through the Kuusamo Safaris company (www.kuusamosafaris.fi). You save a lot of money if not lazy and can count money. Brilliant company,excellent service and very good equipment. They provide all you need for a trip within 2 hours and 2 km Husky Leigh Ride. Both adventures will cost you only 90 Euro's. First advice about snowmobile ask about handlebars heating as I have found it warm even sometimes too hot,they will adjust temperature for you,depend on weather conditions and second advice about Husky Leigh Ride for a person who is going to sit in the sledge,please take a goggles or sunglasses because snow will effect your eyes from the dog paws straight into face. We had such a great fun and one time experience will never forgotten. Thank to Kuusamo Safaris. Also big thank you for a great support to Eva and all staff from dog's farm.
Written 13 February 2015
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SunandSkiFamily
Fordingbridge, UK72 contributions
Feb 2013 • Family
We found Kuusamo safaris online and agreed prices and dates for the 2 activities before we left the UK. They spoke perfect English and were very helpful arranging to pick us up from our apartment in Ruka, as their office was a short drive out of town. We had expected to be part of a large group, but for both the snow mobiling and the husky sleds it was just our family of 4 and our guide, which meant we got to do exactly what we wanted to do e.g stopping to take photos etc. The snow mobile trip lasted 2+ hours and included a stop at a cabin to have hot drinks around an open fire, which was very welcome. For the husky sledding we went towards Kuusamo and had 2 sleds each with 6 huskies, with our guide going ahead on a snow mobile. At the end we had plenty of time to meet the huskies and then BBQ'd sausages over an indoor fire and had drinks and cakes, whilst our guide talked about keeping and racing husky teams.
Our whole family had a fantastic time on both these trips and I would highly recommend Kuusamo Safaris to anyone who is visiting Ruka and wants to experience more than the skiing.
Our whole family had a fantastic time on both these trips and I would highly recommend Kuusamo Safaris to anyone who is visiting Ruka and wants to experience more than the skiing.
Written 25 February 2013
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JayP55
Singapore, Singapore16 contributions
Jun 2012 • Friends
We visited Kuusamo/Ruka over the mid-summer and wanted to also try rafting. As there are special business hours during national holidays we decided to check and book beforehand.
Already the first phone call left an impression of bad service as I asked if we could do rafting on Saturday as was scheduled on the website. The guy on the phone just asked can't we do any other day but finally said they can arrange it on Saturday as well.
When we arrived to the meeting place the same guy was there with our rafting guide. At this point everything went well and we got our gear and jumped on the boat. To our surprise, our guide was a German guy who spoke quite bad Finnish. All the safety instructions were thus left a bit unclear. Otherwise he was a really nice guy and we had good fun.
After a couple of rapids we arrived to the point where the next rapid was too dangerous to go and thus we had to take a short walk. BUT, we also had to carry all our equipment, including the outboard engine. Our guide didn't really carry anything. This was a bit surprise for us and we just wondered what if none of us hadn't been able to carry the outboard.
After this, everything went well and we had great fun.... until we reached the pick-up point close the Finnish-Russian border where the rude owner/manager was suppose to pick us up. But he wasn't and we kept waiting him altogether 1.5hours!! Our guide said he didn't know what had happened or where this guy was and he couldn't call him either as there was no signal.
Finally, when this guy arrived he didn't apologize at all, he just started to give orders to pick up the raft and get on the car. It took about 1 hour to drive back to where we had left our car and he didn't speak a word to us or to our guide, didn't ask if we had had good time or anything. When we finally arrived back to where we had started and it was time to pay, we asked what went wrong and he just blamed some other group arriving too late for pick-up. He offered us 5€ discount!
On the way back to our cabin we didn't know whether to cry or laugh. The whole rafting experience was amazing but we would never recommend this company. And as Finns, we hope that this is not the standard service level what foreign tourists get in our country.
Already the first phone call left an impression of bad service as I asked if we could do rafting on Saturday as was scheduled on the website. The guy on the phone just asked can't we do any other day but finally said they can arrange it on Saturday as well.
When we arrived to the meeting place the same guy was there with our rafting guide. At this point everything went well and we got our gear and jumped on the boat. To our surprise, our guide was a German guy who spoke quite bad Finnish. All the safety instructions were thus left a bit unclear. Otherwise he was a really nice guy and we had good fun.
After a couple of rapids we arrived to the point where the next rapid was too dangerous to go and thus we had to take a short walk. BUT, we also had to carry all our equipment, including the outboard engine. Our guide didn't really carry anything. This was a bit surprise for us and we just wondered what if none of us hadn't been able to carry the outboard.
After this, everything went well and we had great fun.... until we reached the pick-up point close the Finnish-Russian border where the rude owner/manager was suppose to pick us up. But he wasn't and we kept waiting him altogether 1.5hours!! Our guide said he didn't know what had happened or where this guy was and he couldn't call him either as there was no signal.
Finally, when this guy arrived he didn't apologize at all, he just started to give orders to pick up the raft and get on the car. It took about 1 hour to drive back to where we had left our car and he didn't speak a word to us or to our guide, didn't ask if we had had good time or anything. When we finally arrived back to where we had started and it was time to pay, we asked what went wrong and he just blamed some other group arriving too late for pick-up. He offered us 5€ discount!
On the way back to our cabin we didn't know whether to cry or laugh. The whole rafting experience was amazing but we would never recommend this company. And as Finns, we hope that this is not the standard service level what foreign tourists get in our country.
Written 25 July 2012
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wiffy0
Bedford, UK204 contributions
Feb 2022
Amazing day out on the snow mobiles and husky sledding. Instructor was very chatty and informative. I was apprehensive about the snow mobiles but quickly for the hang of it. The husky farm was loud as the dogs bark as they just want to run and it great being able to interact with the pups. My husband was shattered after sledding as the dogs just wanted him to go faster which was hilarious. Highly recommend.
Written 17 October 2022
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Hi can anyone tell me how to book please tried the online form 3 times and emailed with no answer
Written 31 May 2024
How do you book? In advance? When you get there? They don't seem very good at answering queries either by phone or email. Many thanks Sarah
Written 29 September 2018
Vorrei sapere se si può raggiungere da Kuusamo, hotel Holiday come si svolge (slitta a motore, cani...) quanto costa,
Grazie
Written 24 February 2018
It Ciao, Francesco. Cosa desideri sapere su questa attrazione?
Written 24 February 2018
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